Bearing.



M. B. MAcNEILLE.

BEARING APPLICATION man FEB. I5. 1918.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

Man'rm nMAeN' IILLE, OE BELO'I'IyWISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR To FAIRBANKS, monss a COMPANY, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A oonronamon on rumors.

BEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. e, 1918.

. Application filed February 15, 1918. Serial No. 217,432

To allwfiom z't'may concern: l

,Be-"t known that I, MARTIN B. MAC Nninnn, a citizen of the United States, residing-"at Belbit', in the county of :Rock and Staifiebf VVisconsi'n, have inventeda certain newanduseful Improvement in Bearings, of "which the following is a specification.

This-invention relates to shaft bearings,

It may be used on all sorts of machines but is especially applicable to centrifngalpumps andjis therefore shown sonpplied The objects of the invention are to provide a bearing having the driving pulley so mounted as to encirclethe bearingand thus reduce the bearing strain; also to so consti-uct the bearing itself as to eliminate the casting of the bearing cap as a separate piece, thus eliminating the usual expense of machiningthe cap and the adjacent frame casting-"each separately; The invention consists in mechanism attainiiig'thje foregoing objects which can be easilyan'd cheaply made, which is satisfac toryin'use and'not readily liable to get out of. order. More particularly, it consists in theifeatnres and details of construction hereaftenrmorefully set forth in the specification and claims; I

Refcrring't'o the drawings, in which similar numer als' refer to the same parts throughout theseveral views,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional detail View of" a side suction moderate head, incl'osed' water balhncedcentrifugal-pump ofa type nowwell known'in the art, having this in? ven on appliedtoits main shaft. i 2'" '3; central'* sectional detail new of vth hglining members removed from 0th cc nis'in."

ti'omcis attached; i

H maiii' fiame of the machine 10, sup poetsv mforw'ardor pump bearing box 12 Y gthe' u np case 13 and'a P6311101 ting ox 14, the two bein in ahhemen 'wi tiheachlother. Throughjtese bear.- 'ge is inserted the main shaft "16,to whose (1'' "end the pump impeller 18 located in ca 13 and forming'no part of this inven- InTthe een bearing to: -14 a a 0n chamber 20, into which oili ring '22 dips in thejusnal manner, oil. being .t suppliedtothe mb r. 2cm p y il in cap 244 on asto expose entrance'oil'port 28.

- it'd bearing 12 contains' a stufiing ifjiwi ie i p lcr hm' g 32, while m nbearing. 14 is provided with a two piece bearing lining composed of the parts 34 and 34? abutting on the line 36 and cut away on top at 38 for' thc reception of oil ring 92. The interior diameters of the two bearing boxes 12 and 14, where the bearing lining parts heretofore named contact them, are of the Seine diameter and. are bored at one operation,

The bearing lining members 34 and 34" are, as shown preferably, but not necessarily, provided with flanged ends 4.0 abutting ad jacentv parts of the interior of the box 1iand are rigi flly secured in place by any suit able means as, for instance, the pins 42.

The shaft 16 is secured in longitudinal position with rei'erence to the-main hearing by a pair of collars 4A and 4&8 rigidly at tached to the shaft by screws 48 entered through holes 50.provided for the purpose in the top of bearing box 14-. The parts herm'oforc described as being inside bearing box I4 are inserted therein through suitable end openings 52 provided for the purpose,

Bearing boxes 12 and 14 are sepaiated one from the other by a space greater in wi th than the length along the shaft oi? i any part described which has to be inscrt t within an adjacent bearing box so that so a part, for instance, bearing part 34", in assembling the device he dropped. down into this space 54 and then shoved into its place in bearing 14 preparatory to the reception oi the shaft. This operation is necessary in. View of the fact that hearing box 14.-

cast in one piece as isbearing box 12.

Bearing box 14 overhangs main frame 10, 5013114113 driving pulley 60, provided. with an overhanging hub 62 secured to shaft 16 by screw 64 or othei suitable means, is snbstan tially concentric with the bearing and the belt strain on pulley is applied'directly (iii about the main bearing, thus prodnoingthe' bearing box and bearing IH("J'H1H'I,' insertibie inside the box through an opening in its end,

means securing the bearing inen'iber to the box. :1 sha'i't through the bearing; zunl ml bus; on the shaft at opposite ends of the hearing preventing lengthwise niovelnmit of the :shni'l with 'reierenr'e to the bearing box.

25. In a device of the class (l(.-1( 1'iil(?ti.. :1 aring box" and bearing member insvrtible inside the box; through an opening in its end. nmms securing the h-nrin; rnen'rber to tinhos, a shaft through the bearing, and -oilnrs on the shaftat opposite ends of the hearing int-insert within and protected by the bearing box 'ireroi'ltingg; lengthwise more mvnt oi the shaft, with reference to the b -:\ring; and box.

11. In a device of the ehrss desm-ibed, a single piece bearing box bored out. to rec-rive 2i. shaft and provided with an oil (:l'mmber, an oil ring on the shaft entering the oil ilzit'liijtjl, a two piece binring mei'nber around the shot! insitie the box iiwiosing the ring between (hunt and Inez-ms ineiosed box preventing iongitndinal the shaft with referenceto wine of the oiass described, a

able means inciost-(l within the box prerentinnlongitluiiniil movement of the shaft with referenr'e to the bearing.

(3. In :1. i'leviue of the class described, in t'olnbinntion with a suitable support, two Hiil'ltti bearing boxes open at their ends adjuoent to each other, it l'iearing, men'lber for use in one of said hearing boxes of less length then the distance between the boxes, insertible via the space(between the boxes into place in one of the boxes, means for securing the iI-i'illil'lg member in place in its box, and a shaft through the boxes supported by the bearing member, for the purposes set forth.

In witness \vl'lereof, I have hereunto subsm ihetl my name in the presence of two witnesses.

MAR'JIN M. NIAUNEILLE.

EMiL PomawiLs, I'IENIIY MADSEN. 

